1 APHC010652162025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12512/2025 Between: VEERA HARINADH BABU ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SYED KHADER MASTAN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’) by the Petitioner/Suspect for granting of pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.38 of 2022 of CID Police Station, Mangalagiri, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, registered for the alleged offence punishable under Sections 420, 403 and 409 read with 120-B of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘the IPC’) and Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 2 2. Perused the record. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that, so far, the petitioner has not been shown as an accused in the present crime. 4. In that view of the matter, there is no apprehension on the part of the petitioner that he is likely to be arrested by the Investigating Officer. The Hon’ble Apex Court, in Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab and Sushila Aggarwal v. State (NCT of Delhi), has observed that the provisions of Section 438 of ‘the Cr.P.C’. / Section 482 of ‘the BNSS’ can be invoked only when there is a clear-cut apprehension that the police are going to arrest the petitioner. As of now, the apprehension of the petitioner, without there being any likelihood of arrest, is misplaced. 5. In view of the above, the Criminal Petition is dismissed, granting liberty to the petitioner to approach this Court if and when he is shown as an accused and has a reasonable apprehension of being arrested. 6. In the result, the criminal petition is dismissed. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 30.12.2025 S D P 3 170 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12512 OF 2025 30.12.2025 W S D P